freedom of information act in news
Hillary Clinton talks tech
News I am an original co-sponsor of the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, and I supported its reintroduction. The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act's section restricting... [03 Jan 2008]
Yahoo! fights China human rights suit
News spokeswoman said the company is a strong believer in human rights and it respects freedom of expression and privacy around the world. and its Hong Kong subsidiary with allegedly divulging... [28 Aug 2007]
CEOs blamed for "horrifying" data blunders
News The ICO received complaints under both the Data Protection Act (DPA) and Freedom of Information Act. The ICO received almost 6,000 complaints under the... [11 Jul 2007]
Are laptop bags to blame for rising thefts?
News These incident reports, obtained by a Freedom of Information Act enquiry, are indicative of the types of theft and robberies happening... [18 May 2007]
ID cards status to be made public
News But the chief secretary of the Treasury, Paul Boateng, said the information was exempt from the Freedom of Information Act and would... [04 May 2007]
UK tech visas increase by a third
News The figures were obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request by the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco), which is concerned at... [20 Feb 2007]
Mobile phones leak from UK government
News A recent Freedom of Information (FoI) enquiry by silicon.com into lost devices within the UK government has revealed how many mobile phones have gone astray in a number... [03 Aug 2006]
Whitehall fights to keep ID card cost report secret
News The ICO considered the complaint under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act and, after reviewing a copy of the report,... [06 Jul 2006]
Government ordered to release secret ID card report
News Following the DWP's refusal to release the controversial report the MP complained to the data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, which considered the decision under the terms of... [09 Jun 2006]
NHS IT director general Granger's salary revealed
News Granger's salary, bonuses and expenses have finally been released to silicon.com after a protracted wrangle with the Department of Health (DoH) over a Freedom of... [30 May 2006]
Who's in charge of government IT?
News At the Department for Constitutional Affairs, parliamentary under secretary of state Baroness Ashton of Upholland continues to be responsible for the Freedom of... [23 May 2006]
US to block minors' access to MySpace?
News Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at the free-market Progress & Freedom Foundation, said: "This is the next major battlefield in the ongoing internet censorship wars. Fitzpatrick's bill, called the Deleting Online Predators... [11 May 2006]
How much does NHS IT chief Granger earn?
News The Department of Health (DoH) is dragging its feet over releasing details of NHS IT chief Richard Granger's salary, bonuses and expenses despite a request made by silicon.com under the... [20 Apr 2006]
Decline in FoI requests after initial excitement
News Government bodies received 7,700 Freedom of Information (FoI) requests between September and December last year, the lowest quarterly total since the law came into effect. These figures... [07 Apr 2006]
Google denounced over search data request refusal
News The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging Copa, arguing that websites cannot realistically comply with it and that the law violates the right to freedom of speech mandated by the First Amendment. [27 Feb 2006]
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